By John Tilak and Alastair Sharp TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index rose on Thursday as energy producers and other resource stocks bounced back from a recent slide despite lingering weakness in the price of underlying commodities. Major gold miners gained even as bullion neared a three-month low, while BlackBerry jumped 6 percent to C$11.91 after saying it would buy a small tech company that enables a single device to use multiple phone numbers. The precious metals and materials sectors got a bit oversold," said Youssef Zohny, a portfolio manager at Stenner Investment Partners of Richardson GMP. So that's helping the TSX." The Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index ended the day up 62.43 points, or 0.40 percent, at 15,534.32.



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